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ἐλλείπω

ἐλλείπω, to leave in, leave behind

ἐλλείπ-ω,
  • leave in, μόνον . . ἐλλελειμμένον left in a race, S. El. 736; leave behind, οὐδʼ ἐλλέλοιπας ἐλπίδα E. El. 609; τοῖόν σφιν ἐνέλλιπε θέλκτρον ἀοιδῆς A.R. 1.515.
      • 2 leave out, leave undone, freq. with neg. Pron. neut., μηδὲν ἐ. ὅσων χρὴ πονεῖν S. Aj. 1379; οὐδὲν ἐλλείψουσι . . χειρουργίας Ar. Lys. 673; λέγε μηδὲν ἐλλείπων Pl. Plt. 269c, cf. Ti. 17b, X. Mem. 4.3.17; ἐ. τι τῶν νομίμων Id. Cyr. 1.2.14; τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ ἐ. Pl. Plt. 267c, cf. R. 362d; ἔνια, σμικρά, Id. Cra. 431c, 431d, etc.:—Pass., Id. Phlb. 18d; τῆς προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἐλλέλειπται Lys. 12.99; εὑρήσει οὐδὲν ἐλλειφθέν D. 18.303.
        • b fail to pay, leave unpaid, ἐλλελοιπότες εἰσφοράν Id. 24.172, cf. Arist. Ath. 48.1; τινὰ τῶν ὀψωνίων τοῖς μισθοφόροις Plb. 4.60.2.
      • 3 intr., fall short, fail, οὐ μὴν Τρίοπός γʼ ἐνέλειπεν h.Ap. 213; ἄτας οὐδὲν ἐλλείπει S. Ant. 584 (lyr.); ἤνπερ μὴ ʼλλίπωσιν αἱ δίκαι Ar. Pl. 859; ἐ. ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ Th. 1.120; τοῖς ἱππικοῖς Plb. 15.3.5; opp. περιγίγνεσθαι, Pl. Lg. 740d; opp. πλεονάζειν, Isoc. 2.33; opp. ὑπερβάλλειν, Pl. Lg. 719d, Arist. EN 1108b18; fail in duty, X. HG 7.5.8, Eq. 8.5; τὸ ἐλλεῖπον [τῆς ἐπιστήμης] a deficiency of . ., Th. 6.69; τὸ ἐ. ἐκπληρώσατε X. Cyr. 4.5.39, etc.; to be too small, Id. Cyn. 5.26; ἐλλείπων, ὁ, name of a throw of the dice, Eub. 57.4.
        • b Geom., fall short, χωρίῳ by an area, Pl. Men. 87a, cf. Euc. 6.27, al.
      • 4 c. gen. rei, to be in want of, fall short of, lack, τὸν ἐλλείποντʼ ἔτι ἥβης ἀκμαίας A. Th. 10; ἐ. [χρημάτων] Th. 1.80; τῆς δόξης Id. 2.61; τὰ τῶν ἱκανῶν ἐλλείποντα X. Hier. 4.8; τὸ τίμημα ἐνέλιπε τῶν ἑξακισχιλίων διακοσίοις ταλάντοις fell short of the 6000 by 200, Plb. 2.62.7; τοσοῦτον ἐλλείπει τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι so far does he fall short of feeling pain, Arist. EN 1108b5; πολλοῦ γε καὶ τοῦ παντὸς ἐλλείπω (sc. τοῦ ταρβεῖν) A. Pr. 961: with a neg., προθυμίας γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐλλείπεις ib. 341, cf. Pl. Ti. 20c; οὔτε ἀνοίας οὐδὲν ἐλλείπει οὔτε ἀναισχυντίας Id. R. 571d: impers., ἐλλείπει πωμάτων there is lack of drink, Id. Lg. 844b; οἷς ἂν τῆς γενέσεως ἐλλείπῃ ib. 740c; ὧν δʼ ἐνέλειπε τῇ πόλει . . D. 18.302.
      • 5 c. gen. pers., to be inferior to, Pl. Alc. 1.122c; ἐμπειρίᾳ μηδὲν ἐκείνων ἐ. Id. R. 484d: also c. gen. rei, τἀνθάδε τῶν ἐκεῖ ἐ. Id. Alc. 1.122d.
      • 6 folld.by μή c. inf., τί γὰρ ἐ. μὴ παραπαίειν; in what does it fall short of madness? A. Pr. 1056 (anap.); οὐδὲν ἐλλείψω τὸ μὴ . . πυθέσθαι S. Tr. 90.
      • 7 c. part., ὅτι ἄν τις ἐλλείπῃ λέγων Pl. Phdr. 272b; οὐκ ἐλλείψει εὐχαριστῶν will not fail to give thanks, Decr. ap. D. 18.92: abs., οἱ ἐλλείποντες defaulters, Id. 22.44.
      • 8 of things, to be wanting or lacking to . ., c. dat., X. Mem. 2.1.8.
    • II c. acc. pers., ἐλλείπει τινά τι something fails one, Plb. 9.41.11; ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτὰς ἐλλείπῃ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων Id. 10.18.11.
    • III Pass., to be surpassed, ἐλλείπεσθαι εὖ ποιῶν X. Mem. 2.6.5.
      • 2 to be wanting, fail, Id. Cyr. 6.2.37, Eq. 3.8, etc.; to be inferior, Pl. R. 484d: c. gen., τινὸς εἰς σύνεσιν Id. Amat. 136a.

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